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### **Director's Corner: Recruitment and Hiring**

 September 2020 | Volume 13 | Issue 9

If you ask any law enforcement executive about the most  challenging internal issues facing their agency, recruitment and hiring are  likely to be on their list. This month’s edition of the *Dispatch* addresses the never ending nature of recruiting and provides information  intended to help your agency hire the next generation of officers.

*Promising Practices on  Recruitment and Hiring* contains information from the  COPS Office’s *Law Enforcement Best  Practices* report. Among the practices addressed is leveraging partnerships  with nontraditional community stakeholders. Given that competition for recruits  is keen between agencies, taking advantage of strategic partnerships within  your jurisdiction represents potential opportunities that may previously have been  untapped.****

*What Makes a Good Alaska  State Trooper* shares the insight of a recruiter with the  Alaska Department of Public Safety (ADPS) on the core characteristics that  agency seeks in recruits. The article also identifies a few diverse attributes  of recruits that are helping the ADPS meet the staffing challenges resulting  from current public perspectives on policing.

*Enhancing Recruitment and Retention in Anna, Texas*****highlights  support that the COPS Office’s****Collaborative Reform Initiative  Technical Assistance Center (CRI-TAC) provided to the Anna Police Department. Anna,  a small department located 40 miles outside of Dallas, lost five officers in a six-month  period and faced stiff competition for recruits from neighboring agencies. The  support, expertise, and guidance provided by CRI-TAC helped the Anna Police  Department develop a recruiting program that nearly quadrupled their pool of  quality applicants.

 Identifying the best and most capable recruits to serve  our communities and wear the badge has never been easy. Salary wars, working  conditions, the need for comprehensive background investigations that ensure high  standards, and other factors make it a challenging process. It is my hope that  this edition of the *Dispatch* provides insight about effective recruitment measures  that can benefit your agency.        

– Director Keith

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